Tuesday, 01 February 2011
Sam Rith and James O'Toole
The Phnom Penh Post
The Cambodian investigating judge at the Khmer Rouge tribunal said today that he was participating in investigations in the court’s controversial third and fourth cases, proceedings to which Prime Minister Hun Sen has publicly expressed opposition.
The admission from Judge You Bunleng stands in contrast to a pattern of opposition by Cambodian court officials to the cases, which feature five suspects who have yet to be arrested and whose identities remain confidential.
You Bunleng himself declined to participate in the investigations when they began last year, leaving his international counterpart, Co-Investigating Judge Marcel Lemonde, to pursue them on his own.
“For these cases, I am working with the foreign judge and already have a specific plan,” You Bunleng said today.
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